GRE Word List

PERT

saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured

The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.

Random words

WordMeaning
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
enthrallto hold spellbound : charm
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
beatificof, possessing, or imparting beatitude
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
shimmerto shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer